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To: carranza2 who wrote (157892)	2/9/2005 3:42:59 PM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

bin laden/saudis/wahabi upper class roots are different from the others imo. But i am no expert.

To: carranza2 who wrote (157892)	2/9/2005 4:00:40 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The leadership may well be from the well-off classes -- but the rank and file, the ones asked to drive a car into a crowd a flip a switch and meet the virgins, are more likely to be recruited from the ranks of the disaffected masses. OBL cut his teeth leading "freedom fighters" -- he was a financier and leader. But you can bet your rent that those he led were not all born with a silver spoon in the mouth.